How to use USB drive mode
You can copy files from a computer to your phone, and from your phone to your computer, by putting your phone in USB drive mode.
When your phone is in USB drive mode, you can’t make or receive calls or use other wireless features such as email or the web.
Note Before you copy files to your phone, make sure you have enough storage space on your phone to fit the files. Open Device Info and look at the Available field under Phone.
- Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable.
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On your phone, tap USB Drive or press Option + Sym + U. On your computer, your phone appears as a removable drive.
Note On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens, click Cancel to close the wizard.
- Open My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Windows Vista), or the Finder (Mac), double-click the drive representing your phone, and then drag and drop files to your phone. The drive displays folders that you can use to organize the files you copy, and you can also create your own folders.
- To end the connection safely on a Windows computer, right-click the drive representing your phone, and then click Eject. On a Mac computer, from your desktop, drag the drive representing your phone to the Trash, which changes to Eject.
- Disconnect the USB cable from the computer when it is safe to do so.
After you copy a file to your phone, you can open the file if your phone has an application that supports the file type. You can open Microsoft Office files, PDF files, and many file formats for photos, videos, and music.
